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Medical devices comprising small fiber biomaterials, and methods of use

  • US 7,947,069 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2002
  • Issued: 05/24/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An in vivo device, comprising:

  • a medical device selected from a group consisting of an artificial ligament, an artificial tendon, an artificial knee joint, a vascular graft, an artificial heart valve, and a biosensor; and

    a layer of a plurality of randomly oriented fibers consisting of a single synthetic homopolymer fiber, substantially all of said plurality of fibers each comprising a portion having a maximum diameter of at least five micrometers,wherein substantially all of those fibers of the layer that contact at least one external surface of the medical device are directly, fully bonded to the entirety of the at least one external surface of the medical device, wherein said contact consists of said fibers and said external surface, andwherein the Young'"'"'s modulus of the layer is no more than 1.00 GPa.

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